Sentences with phrase «on iron in breastmilk»
The main nutritional reason that babies need solid food after the first six months is because the iron stores they are born with start to deplete sometime between 6 - 12 months (click here for more details on iron in breastmilk).
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Babies older than 6 months should be started on solids so that they learn how to eat and so that they begin to get another source of iron, which by 7 - 9 months, is not supplied in sufficient quantities from breastmilk alone.
Babies older than 6 months should be started on solids mainly so that they learn how to eat and so that they begin to get another source of iron, which by 7 - 9 months, is not supplied in sufficient quantities from breastmilk alone.
Once your breastfed baby is eating foods containing iron on a regular basis, then it's important to ensure that he is eating enough foods naturally high in iron to compensate for the reduced iron intake from breastmilk.